Travis McGee

Was this a new man`s first meeting with Catcher in the Rye, Huckleberry Finn, or The Great Gatsby? No, what I had come upon was Nightmare in Pink, a forty cent Fawcett Gold Medal paperback whose pink cover sported a presumably naked woman hidden behind a discretely angled leg and a study of the hero, a rough-and-ready sort of guy described by the blurb as a "Soldier of fortune, thinking man`s Robin Hood, a man who works just this position of the law to do a living stealing from thieves.

Happy Missouri Day, Stagger Lee! at the Amoeblog

Stagger Lee is one of Missouri's most notable characters in song. Loads of people have sung about the seemingly amoral anti-hero, but here are the facts, ma'am.

Lee "Stag" Shelton was born on March 16, 1865. As a new man he drove a carriage cab and pimped. He also operated a "sporting club," the Modern Horseshoe Club in St. Louis's "Bloody Third" ward, in an area known as Chestnut Valley.

Happy Missouri Day, Stagger Lee! at the Amoeblog

Stagger Lee is one of Missouri's most famous characters in song. Loads of mass have sung about the seemingly amoral anti-hero, but here are the facts, ma'am.

Lee "Stag" Shelton was natural on March 16, 1865. As a new man he drove a carriage cab and pimped. He also operated a "sporting club," the Modern Horseshoe Club in St. Louis's "Bloody Third" ward, in an area known as Chestnut Valley.

to get old and knowing you must first be new and stupid .

To Get Old and Wise, You Must First be New and Stupid

Introduction

I would care to acquaint you to the champion of this story - a young, handsome, muscular, vivacious and slightly delusional character, known as -me. For 23 years I`ve lived in Guernsey, an island situated between France and England. We are neither French nor English, although we are a crown dependency and about of our road names are in French (conclude what you will)!